FERGUSON — Chinese and Russian officials are warning of a potential humanitarian crisis in the restive American province of Missouri, where ancient communal tensions have boiled over into full-blown violence.

"We must use all means at our disposal to end the violence and restore calm to the region," Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in comments to an emergency United Nations Security Council session on the America crisis.

The crisis began a week ago in Ferguson, a remote Missouri village that has been a hotbed of sectarian tension. State security forces shot and killed an unarmed man, which regional analysts say has angered the local population by surfacing deep-seated sectarian grievances. Regime security forces cracked down brutally on largely peaceful protests, worsening the crisis.
America has been roiled by political instability and protests in recent years, which analysts warn can create fertile ground for extremists.

Missouri, far-removed from the glistening capital city of Washington, is ostensibly ruled by a charismatic but troubled official named Jay Nixon, who has appeared unable to successfully intervene and has resisted efforts at mediation from central government officials. Complicating matters, President Obama is himself a member of the minority sect protesting in Ferguson, which is ruled overwhelmingly by members of America's majority "white people" sect.

Analysts who study the opaque American political system, in which all provinces are granted semi-autonomous self-rule, warned that Nixon may seize the opportunity to move against weakened municipal rulers in Ferguson. Missouri's provincial legislature, a traditional "shura council," is dominated by the opposition faction. Though fears of a military coup remain low, it is still unknown how Nixon's allies within the capital will respond should the crisis continue.

Now, international leaders say they fear the crisis could spread.

"The only lasting solution is reconciliation among American communities and stronger Missouri security forces," Chinese President Xi Jinping said in a speech from his vacation home in Hainan. "However, we can and should support moderate forces who can bring stability to America. So we will continue to pursue a broader strategy that empowers Americans to confront this crisis."

Xi's comments were widely taken as an indication that China would begin arming moderate factions in Missouri, in the hopes of overpowering rogue regime forces and preventing extremism from taking root. An unknown number of Kurdish peshmerga military "advisers" have traveled to the region to help provide security. Gun sales have been spiking in the US since the crisis began.

Analysts warn the violence could spread toward oil-producing regions such as Oklahoma or even disrupt the flow of American beer supplies, some of the largest in the world, and could provide a fertile breeding ground for extremists. Though al-Qaeda is not known to have yet established a foothold in Missouri, its leaders have previously hinted at assets there.

Though Missouri is infamous abroad for its simmering sectarian tensions and brutal regime crackdowns, foreign visitors here are greeted warmly and with hospitality. A lawless expanse of dogwood trees and beer breweries, Missouri is located in a central United States region that Americans refer to, curiously, as the "MidWest" though it is nearer to the country's east.

It is known among Americans as the home of Mark Twain, a provincial writer from the country's small but cherished literary culture, and as the originator of Budweiser, a traditional American alcoholic beverage. Budweiser itself is now owned by a Belgian firm, in a sign of how globalization is transforming even this remote area of the United States. Analysts say some american communities have struggled as globalization has pulled jobs into more developed countries, worsening instability here.

Locals here eat a regional delicacy known as barbecue, made from the rib bones of pigs, and subsist on traditional crafts such as agriculture and aerospace engineering. The regional center of commerce is known locally as Saint Louis, named for a 13th century French king, a legacy of Missouri's history as a remote and violent corner of the French Empire.

Though Ferguson's streets remained quiet on Friday, a palpable sense of tension and uncertainty hung in the air. A Chinese Embassy official here declined to comment but urged all parties to exhibit restraint and respect for the rule of law. In Moscow, Kremlin planners were said to be preparing for a possible military intervention should political instability spread to the nearby oil-producing region of Texas.

http://www.vox.com/2014/8/15/6005587/ferguson-satire-another-country-russia-china

DRY

This is even too mild

Lols, everyone is trying 2 feed America wit her own poison

Good one!

Nice post Vedaxcool. Was gonna postthis but you beat me to it!

This made me realize something. The western media always use certain terms in reporting from the rest of the world. The usage of those terms/words create a very subtle but effective image of a failed, miserable, gloomy, backward country in the mind of the listener. If this satirical article was a real life news reportting on the ferguson bruhaha, you would think the U.S is some backwater third world entity thanks to manner in which it is reported. I mean words like

Regime
Sectarian
Ruler
Security forces
Restive
Remote village
Brutal crackdown

You would never here cnn or bbc or even al jazeera using any of those words in reporting about conflict or crime in the West, because they know those words have a damaging effect, and creates a false image in peoples mind. E.g "The syrian regime" makes it sound like a dictatorship or an illegitimate government even though bashar al asad was democratically elected by the majority. Why can't they instead say "the syrian president" or "the syrian government" as it sound cleaner and more acceptable than "the regime". Why don't they ever refer to the U.S, british, french governments as the "U.S regime".?
Why don't they refer to the current unrest in missouri as a "sectarian unrest"?

By all acounts, New york, Los angeles e.t.c are "Restive regions" too as they experience regular gun shots, murders, riots e.t.c but never will CNN call it "restive". But if it was some area in turkey or syria or lebanon it is "restive" to create a wild west image in your mind as regards those places.

THAT CHICKEN SHIT cracker WHO KILLED A DEFENSELESS BLACK MAN MUST BE BROUGHT TO BOOK.... no PEACE NO Justice

NairaMinted: Nice post Vedaxcool. Was gonna postthis but you beat me to it!

thanks